ABC Election Coverage: 2007 New South Wales Election

Granville

Sydney Western Suburbs

Very Safe Labor 19.2%

MP

Labor MP Kim Yeadon is retiring at the 2007 election after holding this seat since 1990.

Profile

A western suburbs electorate generally south of the M4 motorway near Parramatta. It includes the suburbs of Granville, Holroyd, Merrylands, Mays Hill and South Wentworthville .

Redistribution

No major changes, losing parts of Bass Hill, Chester Hill and Guilford while gaining more of South Wentworthville and Merrylands West. The Labor margin falls slightly from 19.5% to 19.2%.

History/Trivia

Created as a seat on the rural fringe of Sydney in 1894, it was held for two terms between 1913 and 1920 by Jack Lang, the seat then abolished to make way for the introduction of proportional representation. Re-created in 1927, Granville has been safely in Labor hands for 74 of the 80 years since. Former members include Laurie Ferguson 1984-90, son of former Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson and brother of former ACTU President and Federal Labor frontbencher Martin Ferguson. Ferguson resigned to contest and win the local seat of Reid at the 1990 Federal election.